India Cabinet Clears Changes to Anticorruption Bill

By

Mukesh Jagota And

Anant Vijay Kala

Jan. 31, 2013 3:59 a.m. ET

NEW DELHI—India's federal cabinet on Thursday approved changes to a proposed anticorruption law that aims to create an ombudsman and fast-track graft investigations in an effort to crack down on rampant corruption in the country's bureaucracy, a minister said.

The minister, who was part of the cabinet meeting, didn't say what the specific...